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1 42 U.S.C. 406(d), 406(e), and 1383(d)(2). 

2 42 U.S.C. 406(d)(2)(A) and 1383(d)(2)(C)(ii)(I). 

3 42 U.S.C. 406(d)(2)(B)(ii) and 

1383(d)(2)(C)(ii)(II). 

and to allow 60 days for public 

comment in response to the notice. This 

notice complies with that requirement. 

DATES: Submit comments on or before 

February 20, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Send all comments to Renee 

Mascarenas, Accountant, Denver 

Finance Center, Small Business 

Administration, Denver, CO 80202. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Renee Mascarenas, Accountant, Denver 

Finance Center, renee.mascarenas@

sba.gov, 303–844–7179, or Curtis B. 

Rich, Agency Clearance Officer, 202– 

205–7030, curtis.rich@sba.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: SBA Form 

172 is only used by lenders for loans 

that have been purchased by SBA and 

are being serviced by approved SBA 

lending partners. The lenders use the 

SBA Form 172 to report loan payment 

data to SBA within 15 business days of 

receipt of payment. The purpose of this 

reporting is to (1) show the remittance 

due SBA on a loan serviced by 

participating lending institutions (2) 

update the loan receivable balances. 

Solicitation of Public Comments 

SBA is requesting comments on (a) 

Whether the collection of information is 

necessary for the agency to properly 

perform its functions; (b) whether the 

burden estimates are accurate; (c) 

whether there are ways to minimize the 

burden, including through the use of 

automated techniques or other forms of 

information technology; and (d) whether 

there are ways to enhance the quality, 

utility, and clarity of the information. 

Summary of Information Collection 

Collection: 3245–0131. 

(1) Title: Transaction Report on Loans 

Serviced by Lender. 

Description of Respondents: SBA 

Lenders. 

Form Number: SBA Form 172. 

Total Estimated Annual Responses: 

1,012. 

Total Estimated Annual Hour Burden: 

9,636. 

Curtis Rich, 

Agency Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2023–27903 Filed 12–19–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8026–09–P 

SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION 

[Docket No. SSA–2023–0047] 

Rate for Assessment on Direct 

Payment of Fees to Representatives in 

2024 

AGENCY: Social Security Administration. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Social Security 

Administration (SSA) is announcing the 

assessment percentage rate under the 

Social Security Act (Act) is 6.3 percent 

for 2024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Mona B. Ahmed, Associate General 

Counsel for Program Law, Office of the 

General Counsel, Social Security 

Administration, 6401 Security 

Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21235–6401. 

Phone: (410) 965–0600, email: 

Mona.Ahmed@ssa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A 

claimant may appoint a qualified 

individual as a representative to act on 

their behalf in matters before the SSA. 

If the claimant is entitled to past-due 

benefits and was represented either by 

an attorney or by a non-attorney 

representative who has met certain 

prerequisites, the Act provides that we 

shall withhold up to 25 percent of the 

past-due benefits and use that money to 

pay the representative’s approved fee 

directly to the representative. 

When we pay the representative’s 

approved fee directly to the 

representative, we must collect from 

that fee payment an assessment to 

recover the costs we incur in 

determining and paying representatives’ 

fees. The Act provides that the 

assessment we collect will be the lesser 

of two amounts: a specified dollar limit; 

or the amount determined by 

multiplying the fee we are paying by the 

assessment percentage rate.1

The Act initially set the dollar limit 

at $75 in 2004 and provides that the 

limit will be adjusted annually based on 

changes in the cost-of-living.2 Currently, 

the maximum dollar limit for the 

assessment is $117, as we announced in 

the Federal Register on October 23, 

2023 (88 FR 72803). 

The Act requires us, each year, to set 

the assessment percentage rate at the 

lesser of 6.3 percent or the percentage 

rate necessary to achieve full recovery of 

the costs we incur to determine and pay 

representatives’ fees.3 Based on the best 

available data, we have determined that 

the current rate of 6.3 percent will 

continue for 2024. We will continue to 

review our costs for these services on a 

yearly basis. 

Chad Poist, 

Deputy Commissioner, Office of Budget, 

Finance, and Management, Social Security 

Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2023–27955 Filed 12–19–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4191–02–P 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice: 12288] 

Designation of Mohamed Ali Nkalubo 

and Ahmed Mahamud Hassan Aliyani 

as Specially Designated Global 

Terrorists 

Acting under the authority of and in 

accordance with section 1(a)(ii)(B) of 

Executive Order 13224, as amended 

(‘‘E.O. 13224’’ or ‘‘Order’’), I hereby 

determine that the persons known as 

Mohamed Ali Nkalubo (also known as 

Meddie Nkalubo and Meddie Lee) and 

Ahmed Mahamud Hassan Aliyani (also 

known as Ahmed Mahmoud Hassan and 

Ahmad Mahmoud Hassan) are leaders of 

ISIS–DRC, an entity whose property and 

interests in property are currently 

blocked pursuant to a determination by 

the Secretary of State pursuant to E.O. 

13224. 

Consistent with the determination in 

section 10 of E.O. 13224 that prior 

notice to persons determined to be 

subject to the Order who might have a 

constitutional presence in the United 

States would render ineffectual the 

blocking and other measures authorized 

in the Order because of the ability to 

transfer funds instantaneously, I 

determine that no prior notice needs to 

be provided to any person subject to this 

determination who might have a 

constitutional presence in the United 

States, because to do so would render 

ineffectual the measures authorized in 

the Order. 

This notice shall be published in the 

Federal Register. 

Dated: December 6, 2023. 

Antony J. Blinken, 

Secretary of State. 

[FR Doc. 2023–27995 Filed 12–19–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4710–AD–P 

SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD 

30-Day Notice of Intent To Seek 

Extension of Approval of Collection: 

Demurrage Liability Disclosure 

Requirements 

AGENCY: Surface Transportation Board. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: As required by the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), the 

Surface Transportation Board (STB or 

Board) gives notice of its intent to seek 

approval from the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) for an extension of 

the collection of Demurrage Liability 

Disclosure Requirements, as described 

below. 


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DATES: Comments on this information 

collection should be submitted by 

January 19, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments should 

be identified as ‘‘Paperwork Reduction 

Act Comments, Demurrage Liability 

Disclosure Requirements.’’ Written 

comments for this information 

collection should be submitted via 

www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. 

This information collection can be 

accessed by selecting ‘‘Currently under 

Review—Open for Public Comments’’ or 

by using the search function. As an 

alternative, written comments may be 

directed to the Office of Management 

and Budget, Office of Information and 

Regulatory Affairs, Attention: Michael J. 

McManus, Surface Transportation Board 

Desk Officer: via email at oira_

submission@omb.eop.gov; by fax at 

(202) 395–1743; or by mail to Room 

10235, 725 17th Street NW, Washington, 

DC 20503. 

Please also direct all comments to 

Chris Oehrle, PRA Officer, Surface 

Transportation Board, 395 E Street SW, 

Washington, DC 20423–0001, or to 

PRA@stb.gov. When submitting 

comments, please refer to ‘‘Paperwork 

Reduction Act Comments, Demurrage 

Liability Disclosure Requirements.’’ For 

further information regarding this 

collection, contact Pedro Ramirez at 

(202) 245–0333 or pedro.ramirez@

stb.gov. If you require an 

accommodation under the Americans 

with Disabilities Act, please call (202) 

245–0245. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Board 

previously published a notice about this 

collection in the Federal Register (88 FR 

65419 (September 22, 2023)). That 

notice allowed for a 60-day public 

review and comment period. No 

comments were received. 

Comments are requested concerning 

each collection as to (1) whether the 

particular collection of information is 

necessary for the proper performance of 

the functions of the Board, including 

whether the collection has practical 

utility; (2) the accuracy of the Board’s 

burden estimates; (3) ways to enhance 

the quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information collected; and (4) ways to 

minimize the burden of the collection of 

information on the respondents, 

including the use of automated 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology, when 

appropriate. Submitted comments will 

be included and summarized in the 

Board’s request for OMB approval. 

Description of Collection 

Title: Demurrage Liability Disclosure 

Requirements. 

OMB Control Number: 2140–0021. 

Form Number: None. 

Type of Review: Extension without 

change. 

Respondents: Freight railroads subject 

to the Board’s jurisdiction. 

Number of Respondents: 

Approximately 620 (including six Class 

I carriers). 

Estimated Time per Response: One 

hour for each disclosure. 

Frequency: On occasion. The existing 

demurrage liability disclosure 

requirement is triggered in two 

circumstances: (1) when a shipper 

initially arranges with a railroad for 

transportation of freight pursuant to the 

rail carrier’s tariff; or (2) when a rail 

carrier changes the terms of its 

demurrage tariff. 

Total Burden Hours (annually 

including all respondents): 1,330.7 

hours. Consistent with the existing, 

approved information collection, Board 

staff estimates that: (1) six Class I 

carriers would each take on 18 new 

customers each year (108 hours); (2) 

each of the six Class I carriers would 

update its demurrage tariffs annually (6 

hours); (3) 620 non-Class I carriers 

(which are already subject to the 

existing collection requirements, but 

which will not be subject to the new 

requirements) would each take on one 

new customer a year (620 hours); and 

(4) each of the non-Class I carriers 

would update its demurrage tariffs every 

three years (206.7 hours annualized). 

For the requirement that Class I carriers 

must directly bill the shipper for 

demurrage when the shipper and 

warehouseman agree to the arrangement 

and so notify the rail carrier, Board staff 

estimates that annually six Class I 

carriers would each receive 65 directbilling agreements per year at one hour 

per agreement (390 hours). 

The total hourly burdens are also set 

forth in the table below. 

TABLE—TOTAL BURDEN HOURS

[Per year] 

Respondents 

New 

customer 

burden 

(hours) 

Tariff 

update 

burden 

(hours) 

Burden for 

invoicing 

agreement 

(hours) 

Total annual 

burden 

hours 

6 Class I Carriers ............................................................................................. 108 6 390 504 

620 Non-Class I Carriers ................................................................................. 620 206.7 ........................ 826.7 

Totals ........................................................................................................ 728 212.7 390 1,330.7 

Total ‘‘Non-hour Burden’’ Cost: There 

are no other costs identified. Any 

submissions may be submitted 

electronically. 

Needs and Uses: Demurrage is subject 

to Board regulation under 49 U.S.C. 

10702, which requires railroads to 

establish reasonable rates and 

transportation-related rules and 

practices, and under 49 U.S.C. 10746, 

which requires railroads to compute 

demurrage charges, and establish rules 

related to those charges, in a way that 

will fulfill the national needs related to 

freight car use and distribution and 

maintenance of an adequate car supply. 

Demurrage is a charge that serves 

principally as an incentive to prevent 

undue car detention and thereby 

encourage the efficient use of rail cars 

in the rail network, while also providing 

compensation to rail carriers for the 

expense incurred when rail cars are 

unduly detained beyond a specified 

period of time (i.e., ‘‘free time’’) for 

loading and unloading. See Pa. R.R. v. 

Kittaning Iron & Steel Mfg. Co., 253 U.S. 

319, 323 (1920) (‘‘The purpose of 

demurrage charges is to promote car 

efficiency by penalizing undue 

detention of cars.’’); 49 CFR 1333.1; see 

also 49 CFR pt. 1201, category 106. 

Under 49 CFR 1333.3, a railroad’s 

ability to charge demurrage pursuant to 

its tariff is conditional on its having 

given, prior to rail car placement, actual 

notice of the demurrage tariff to the 

person receiving rail cars for loading 

and unloading. Once a shipper receives 

a notice as to a particular tariff, 

additional notices are required only 

when the tariff changes materially. The 

parties rely on the information in the 

demurrage tariffs to avoid demurrage 

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to adjudicate demurrage disputes that 

come before it. Class I carriers are 

required to include certain minimum 

information on or with demurrage 

invoices, take appropriate action to 

ensure that demurrage charges are 

accurate and warranted, and directly 

bill the shipper for demurrage when the 

shipper and warehouseman agree to that 

arrangement and so notify the rail 

carrier. This collection and use of this 

information by the Board enable the 

Board to meet its statutory duties. 

Under the PRA, a federal agency that 

conducts or sponsors a collection of 

information must display a currently 

valid OMB control number. A collection 

of information, which is defined in 44 

U.S.C. 3502(3) and 5 CFR 1320.3(c), 

includes agency requirements that 

persons submit reports, keep records, or 

provide information to the agency, third 

parties, or the public. Section 3507(b) of 

the PRA requires, concurrent with an 

agency’s submitting a collection to OMB 

for approval, a 30-day notice and 

comment period through publication in 

the Federal Register concerning each 

proposed collection of information, 

including each proposed extension of an 

existing collection of information. 

Dated: December 15, 2023. 

Kenyatta Clay, 

Clearance Clerk. 

[FR Doc. 2023–27946 Filed 12–19–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4915–01–P 

SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD 

30-Day Notice of Intent To Seek 

Extension of Approval of Collection: 

Waybill Sample 

AGENCY: Surface Transportation Board. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: As required by the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), the 

Surface Transportation Board (STB or 

Board) gives notice of its intent to seek 

approval from the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) for an extension of 

the collection of Waybill Sample, as 

described below. 

DATES: Comments on this information 

collection should be submitted by 

January 19, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments should 

be identified as ‘‘Paperwork Reduction 

Act Comments, Surface Transportation 

Board, Waybill Sample.’’ Written 

comments for the proposed information 

collection should be submitted via 

www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. 

This information collection can be 

accessed by selecting ‘‘Currently under 

Review—Open for Public Comments’’ or 

by using the search function. As an 

alternative, written comments may be 

directed to the Office of Management 

and Budget, Office of Information and 

Regulatory Affairs, Attention: Michael J. 

McManus, Surface Transportation Board 

Desk Officer: via email at oira_

submission@omb.eop.gov; by fax at 

(202) 395–1743; or by mail to Room 

10235, 725 17th Street NW, Washington, 

DC 20503. 

Please also direct all comments to 

Chris Oehrle, PRA Officer, Surface 

Transportation Board, 395 E Street SW, 

Washington, DC 20423–0001, and to 

PRA@stb.gov. When submitting 

comments, please refer to ‘‘Paperwork 

Reduction Act Comments, Waybill 

Sample.’’ For further information 

regarding this collection, contact Pedro 

Ramirez at (202) 245–0333 or 

pedro.ramirez@stb.gov. If you require an 

accommodation under the Americans 

with Disabilities Act, please call (202) 

245–0245. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Board 

previously published a notice about this 

collection in the Federal Register (88 FR 

65421 (Sept. 22, 2023)). That notice 

allowed for a 60-day public review and 

comment period. No comments were 

received. 

Comments are requested concerning 

each collection as to (1) whether the 

particular collection of information is 

necessary for the proper performance of 

the functions of the Board, including 

whether the collection has practical 

utility; (2) the accuracy of the Board’s 

burden estimates; (3) ways to enhance 

the quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information collected; and (4) ways to 

minimize the burden of the collection of 

information on the respondents, 

including the use of automated 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology, when 

appropriate. Submitted comments will 

be included and summarized in the 

Board’s request for OMB approval. 

Subjects: In this notice, the Board is 

requesting comments on the extension 

of the following information collection: 

Description of Collection 

Title: Waybill Sample. 

OMB Control Number: 2140–0015. 

Form Number: None. 

Type of Review: Extension without 

change. 

Respondents: Respondents include 

any railroad that is subject to the 

Interstate Commerce Act and that 

terminated at least 4,500 carloads on its 

line in any of the three preceding years 

or that terminated at least 5% of the 

revenue carloads terminating in any 

state in any of the three preceding years. 

For the purposes of this analysis, the 

Board categorizes railroads required to 

report Waybill Sample data as either 

quarterly or monthly and as either 

sampling their own waybills or having 

a third party conduct their sampling. As 

a result, there are four categories of 

respondents, as shown in Table below. 

TABLE—RESPONDENTS

Categories of respondents Number of 

respondents 

Railroads that conduct their own sampling and report monthly ................................................................................................ 5 

Railroads that conduct their own sampling and report quarterly .............................................................................................. 3 

Railroads that have a third party sample their waybills and report monthly ............................................................................. 2 

Railroads that have a third party sample their waybills and report quarterly .................................................................... 43 

Total Respondents ............................................................................................................................................................. 53 

Number of Respondents: 53. 

Estimated Time per Response: The 

estimated hourly burden for waybill 

samples submitted to the Board varies 

depending on each respondent’s 

particular circumstances. (Note: 

respondents that are identified as 

reporting monthly (Class I carriers) 

report monthly, quarterly, and annually 

(or 17 times per year). All other 

respondents (non-Class I carriers) report 

quarterly and annually (five times a 

year). 

Frequency of Response: Six 

respondents report monthly; and 46 

other respondents report quarterly. 


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